Tag: Opinions
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Thankful 30: Day 5
Day Five: I am thankful for VOTING 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 I took my daughter with me to hit the polls today. 10 important propositions we’re on the ballots for Texans to consider. I am so saddened that people often miss these elections because it isn’t presidential, therefore not important. Remember y’all: the president might sit in the…
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Mom the Trickster
I typically wake up at 2:30 AM and get straight to work, drinking only some water. I’d love to start my day with a healthy smoothie, but I cannot be waking my family up with noisy kitchen gadgets that early! So, my routine is: wake up, teach kids in China, cook/blend breakfast, write feedback for…
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VIPKid: The Orange Hoodie
Once most teachers realized the orange, official VIPKid hoodie was the reward for signing the 6th contract, they looked forward to reaching that goal of three years. Some even scoffed that they couldn’t just buy it. Others didn’t care because they don’t look good in orange. Personally, as I near the end of my second…
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A Woman in the Christian World — Period Talk
My old basketball net is beside the storage room at my grandparent’s house. It was given to me by my great-grandpa for Christmas when I was 5 years old. I won’t ever forget that Christmas because I remembered looking around at my cousins who were opening their pile of presents and thinking, ”they all got…
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If you aren’t going to eat it, if it isn’t endangering you, don’t kill it.
I have the same philosophy on animals as I do humans. If it is not hurting you in anyway, or potentially going to hurt you—don’t kill it. I am from a rural community where hunting is standard. For many families, the deer that are killed legally during hunting season, or their cows that are slaughtered,…
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Weather or Not
As I wash dishes at my grandmother’s kitchen sink, I hear the melody of the wind chimes she is hanging outside. The warm sun shines through and I know it is going to be another hot, Texas day. I know I am not the only one who always wishes it were a different season. During…
Designing Lorri 